"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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"David Looser" wrote in message
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"Iain Churches" wrote

If it comes down to "the fashion item to have" then turntables are
a much stronger contender.

Really? I *very* much doubt that turntables will ever be a "fashion item"
again.

USB turntables seem to be quite a "hot" line.

More "warm" than "hot" I'd say :-)

A whole generation has missed out
on vinyl, which, for many, holds a deep fascination.

Clearly it does for you.

Not really.

That's not the impression I get from reading your posts here ;-)

I was there the first time round, and not just as a
consumer:-) I know just how hard it is to master a disc as
opposed to a CD, and the problems involved in making a
recording with delays, and DT that can be cut to disk
without problems.

I'm also fascinated by obsolete audio technolgy, particularly those used
with pictures, such as the 4-track magnetic striped system used with 35mm
film from 1953 to the late 1970s. Far more fascinating than mere vinyl,
IMO
:-).

Yes you are right. But your 35mm mag stripe material is not
available to most people, as are LPs are from the charity
shop, and a 35mm MWA( Albrecht) recorder/reproducer
is pretty hard to find too:-)


It's precisely the inaccessibility of these technologies that makes them
fascinating IMO. Apart from 4-track "CinemaScope" mag stereo I'm also
interested in the elaborate "Fantasound" system used to record and reproduce
the soundtrack of Fantasia, for which no original recordings or sound prints
survive (the oldest surviving version of the Fantasia soundtrack is a 1955
vintage magnetic film copy). And from another technology I'm also fascinated
by the pre-war Baird 240-line TV system used on alternate weeks at Ally
Pally from Sept 1936 to Feb 1937. For which not only does no hardware
survive, but most of the documentation was destroyed in the Crystal Palace
fire of 1936.

But I accept that I'm unusual in finding this stuff interesting. Most
people, especially young people IME, couldn't care less about vintage
audio-video technology. And I am far from convinced that "many" people are
fascinated by vinyl.


David.